Consider AUB...Others are, in increasing numbers!

See this Times Higher Education piece on the influence of instability in Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries on western students' attendance at the American University of Beirut: http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=419380&c=1

A Review of Anthony Shadid's New Book

I heard an interview on National Public Radio a week or so ago. It was with Mr. Shadid's widow; the subject was his new book, just published. "House of Stone" is about rebuilding his ancestral home in the southern Lebanese town of Marjayoun. Here's a review: http://articles.boston.com/2012-03-04/books/31118636_1_family-moves-stone-middle-east. It makes me think about the infinite ways we can think about what "home" is.